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Looking for post 1921, WW2 or more modern RAF service records?
See the sticky about how to apply for them that I posted, click HERE
Pam has pointed out that FMP has a rather useful blog post about early RAF records from between the 2 Wars HERE

Those members of Forces War Records who have clicked on Free Forum should be aware that they are now on the British Genealogy Forum. This forum is owned by FWR, but is a separate entity, and existed for some years before FWR took it over in 2013. Members should be aware when posting on British...

My husband says that his father (a Squadron Leader) was based in Andover from 1960 to 1966 when Strike Command was there. Father-in-law delighted in saying he was 'in charge of Strike Command at RAF Andover' when he really meant that he was in charge of catering for Strike Command there.
Does...

I'm new to this forum and I have a couple of queries regarding my father's RAF record. I'm hoping somebody will have the answer to this particular stumbling block. My father joined the RAF in 1927 after going down the mines at a very young age, but in 1948 he was "temporarily released RAF KR???...

I have recently obtained some photos of no 6 mobile field photographic section of 39 recce wing Royal a Canadian Air Force 83 group 2nd tactical Air Force which I wbelieve were taken in England in 1944 possibly at raf odiham prior to them taking part in d day and he Normandy landings. I am trying...

My father in law spent his National Service in Egypt in the Royal Air Force. I have one or two documents and quite a few photographs from his time there.
I also have a small card advising of a Grand Dance on Boxing Day 1946 which is titled the APU, RAF, Middle east.
I would like to forward...

Can anyone help me I have not been on here for a while I am trying to obtain any information for Donald L Wilson I believe the record number is or was 14163420. I have found that his plan was shot down October 1943 in Schweinfurt Germany where he received a pow medal. His plane was called "Spare...

Hi,
I'm trying to locate details of my grandad and keep hitting nothing!
I've tried the MOD with correct forms, death cert etc but they couldn't locate him. Looked through Air 78 found a name but not sure if him and had no number with it.
Info I know:
John Thomas Harper
Birmingham
RAF...

Has anyone found any information regarding the Norman Cross POW Depot, near Yaxley, Huntingdonshire during 1796-1815?
I have found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Cross
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43487/43487-0.txt
https://archive.org/details/depotforprisoner00walkuoft/page/n9

I am trying to find any members or associates of the RAF no.31 Bomb and Gunnery School at Camp Picton, Ontario part of the BCATP from 1941-1944 or RAF no.6 Bomb and Gunnery Training Base - Mountain View,Ontario
I have been told that my grandfather was stationed there during WWII as a mechanic...

New to forum and looking for anyone who has any possible information on my grandfather A. Howell.
He was a Flight Sergeant and served at RAF Upwood, l believe in a training role and having served with The Buffs and RFC WW1 was around 54/55 years of age in 1944. I have looked at crew records and...

I have recently received my paternal Grandfather's RAF records. It shows he served at SRC Padgate. Is this the one based in Warrington or in West Kirby during WW2? What duties would have been carried out there?

Final question!! My paternal Grandfather joined the RAF in 1940 and was discharged on medical grounds in 1944. Would he have been awarded at least a service medal or victory medal in 1945 to reflect his service in the RAF? After all it was not his fault he had to be discharged on medical grounds.

If you are looking for information about a family member who was aircrew killed or captured during WW2 then this site may be of interest:-
Air Crew Remembered a site listing losses and incidents during WW2
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I am researching my uncle 1398553 sergeant Anthony Aloysius O’Brien. He flew from RAF Lossiemouth? He was killed on the 11th January 1945. He was a navigator. That is all I know. His sister is 90 and I would love to be able to tell her how her brother died and the circumstances surrounding his...

My grandfather worked as Chief Inspector with Jersey Air Ways, arriving there in 1937 and leaving the Channel Islands 10 days ahead of the German invasion and occupation on June 1940. Upon arrival in Southampton he "was posted*to Air Service Training at Hamble on the repair and maintenance of...

hi my dad recently passed away and iam trying to find some info on his service or if anyone new him,his name was George william murphy,joined around 1948 on,as far as we know he was a ground engineer,we lots of old photos and a list in the album of stations he served at,but no service number...

Hi,
I am looking for information/pointers on how to trace my grandfathers time in RAF. I know he was on an RAF base in UK during WW2. I know he served in Dublin Fusiliers in WW1 and have his service number and medal card.
When WW2 broke out he was too old to be sent to war zone so was sent to RAF...

Hello : my father, John Edward Kearney, died on active service in WWII over Eastern France in July 1944. He was a member of 576 squadron based in Lincolnshire, and was the navigator of Lancaster PB 253 ULA2. All members of the crew, save the pilot, died, and their graves are in a small church yard...

Hi,
I am attempting to access my grandfather's RAF record (and any other reference to him). My grandfather is listed on my father's birth certificate as Cpl Adam Simpson.
My father was born in Glasgow in December 1943 and has since passed away. He was not brought up by his parents but knew...